Lucy POV:

It was time for me and Kiko to head back to the guild ready for the next boss raid, taking her small hand in mine we walk back. While we walk I can't help but notice that Kiko keeps looking around scared.

"Is everything ok sweetheart?" I ask stopping.

"Mommy, why are those men following us?" She asks and points to two men in Knights of the Blood Oath uniforms.

I sigh and then turn around to face them, they've been trying to enlist me for a while now so I guess this is the same thing.

"Can I help you two?" I ask.

"We've been told to bring you to headquarters, please follow us ma'am. Commander Heathcliff would like to speak with you, he also said that if you were with the child you could bring her." One of the men says.

I take a glance at Kiko and notice her eyes are looking at me with fear, I pick her up in my arms and then look at the men.

"I won't be going with you anywhere, I have to return to my guild. If the Commander wants to speak to me he can come to MY guild, not the other way around." I then turn my back and walk off to the teleport.

We take the teleport to the guild hall and Kiko immediately calms down, she goes running around and playing with the guild members who love her dearly. I take a seat at the bar and Penelope passes me a cold ice tea, picking it up I take slow sips and then sigh.

"Everything ok Master Lucy?" Silica asks me walking over.

She joined the guild not long after we helped her get Pina back, since then she's worked hard to raise her level and be of help to the guild. 

"Yeah just Knights of the Blood Oath again, they keep stalking me. This time they said that Heathcliff wanted me to visit his guild, but I told them that if he wanted to see me he had to come here!" I yell triumphantly.

"Thats our Master!" 

"Show Em who's boss!" 

The guild is filled with cries of support and triumph so I decide to throw a party, I sent four members to buy alcohol and then six members to go and buy food. I pull out my sewing kit and begin to make my self some new clothes, I maxed out my baking and sewing skills over the past two years and I've acquired more skills than I thought I'd be able to have.

"Penelope, I'll be in my office. Come and get me once the others are back ok?" I say taking my sewing with me.

"Sure master." She replies and cleans my class.

Walking to my office I close the door behind me and feel my eyes sting, looking at my calendar I recognise the date.

"Fantasia..." I whisper and then walk to my desk.

I sit down at my desk and stare out of the window, its mad to think how long I've been stuck in this death world. I don't feel like Lucy the guild member anymore, I feel like Lucy the Master of Fairy Tail who's helped her guild to thrive in this nightmare. Again I glance at the calendar and then think of the last Fantasia parade, me, Wendy and Erza were all on a float together with Natsu and Grey and we were the main event. With fireworks and all different spells flying around the place everyone was exited to see what we'd come up with, and we didn't disappoint. The float was huge! It was three floors with Natsu and Erza on the bottom level which was decorated to look like the inside of a volcano sending flaming swords soaring through the night sky, Me and Grey were on the second level which was like an icy wasteland. I summoned Loke and Capricorn to help us because Grey and I would be engaged in combat as a king of symbol of how many battles we've been in through the year and smiling happily on the top was Wendy and the Exceeds. She was dressed in a flowing sky blue ballgown covered in silver rhinestones, Cancer had styled her hair so it was in chunky curls and pinned into a bow shape on the back of her head. And Carla and Happy were throwing confetti everywhere with huge smiles on their faces.

"I miss you all." I whisper as tears fill my eyes.

Its also how crazy to think that I almost feel like the real world is the dream and my life here in Aincrad is real, I know others feel like that too. We've become a different guild in the past two years, its been more about helping to clear the floors than having fun. We still treat each other like family, that will never change but it just feels different to the real Fairy Tail guild back home. Shaking my head I continue to stitch my dress, its a deep blue almost black dress with three ruffled underskirts to go with it. The finishing touch is some small frills on the ends of the puffed sleeves, while I stitch away there is a knock on the door.

"Come in." I say placing the outfit and tools into my inventory.

The door opens and one of our full-time members walks in, in the guild there are three types of members. Full-time members are the ones who spend every waking hour to do jobs and also join us on boss raid, then there are the drop in members who just do the odd job here and there and occasionally come on boss raids. Then finally we have the support members, they are the ones who stay behind and keep everything in check, they are also the key members of the guild. Without all of us working to help each other in our ranks and using our skills to help people who've given up hope the guild would crumble, and the family we've created would fall with it.

"Master someones here to see you." Able says walking in.

Able has deep green hair and wears a blue and green uniform to match, his eyes are a deep grey colour. He's about average hight with strong muscles covering his body, he's become a good friend since he joined the guild and his mark is blue on his hand. He made the joke when he joined that he could use this hand to give people the middle finger and say it wasn't him it was the guild mark, he smiles at me and then becomes serious.

"Its Knights of the Blood Oath." He says sighing. 

"So they decided to come after all." I say standing up.

"Its not just them, commander Heathcliff has come too. He's asked to see you urgently." He holds the door open for me as I walk out.

I look down from the second floor and look at them, they all stand stiffly looking around the cheerful guild. When I went to their guild last there was no laughter or any fun, it made me feel broken inside.

"Commander Heathcliff." I state standing tall.

"Lucy, how've you been?" He asks politely.

"Good, the guild's been growing recently and according to the newsletter we're close to knocking you from number one." I say smiling slightly.

"You know we'd never let that happen. May we talk in your office?" He asks taking a step forward.

I nod and then turn to walk back to my office, but then I hear the cheers from my members.

"Food and drink's here!" Some of them yell. I turn back to the members of both guilds.

"Members of Knights of the Blood Oath, I invite you to join my members in drinking and feasting. Enjoy yourselves, and socialise with my members I'm sure you'll all become good friends. What do we say Fairy Tail?" I ask raising my hand, raising my pointer finger and sticking my thumb out.

"Friends Become Family!" They yell and copy my hand gesture.

I notice Asuna in the crowd and wave slightly at her, she smiles and then walks over to Kiko who smiles brightly at her. Commander Heathcliff follows me to my office, we walk in and I close the door behind him. I walk to my desk and then sit down.

"Whats this all about then? I doubt you're here to chat." I say crossing my arms.

"I want our guilds to unite, you would become members of Knights of the Blood Oath and you would become second in command like Commander Asuna." Heathcliff says sitting down opposite me.

"No, I'm not giving up my guild." I state. "If thats all you wanted then leave now."

"Lucy, you're one of the most influential guilds. With you joining us we'd be able to clear this world in no time!" He exclaims. "Please consider it."

I ball my hands into fists and then stand up.

"This guild, means more to me than you'll ever know. This guild has given many people a family, not only that we've been helping the people who live in the Town of Beginnings. Commander, this guild is a family, I would never give up my family." I feel the tears sting my eyes, but I can't show my weakness. "You think that because your guild has a uniform, or a huge building you call a guild. But to me your guild is a prison, when I came to see you after one of the boss raids I was shocked to hear no laughter. No cries of triumph over what we'd accomplished. No joy. It scared me that your guild prided its self on being courageous and having powerful members, and thats where your guild is different to mine. My guild prides its self on being a family, and if we have weaker members in the guild then we help to build them higher. And this guild is MY family, you don't abandon your family." I state feeling a strong sense of pride welling up inside of me.

Commander Heathcliff looks at me and then sighs.

"With that fire in your eyes I know we won't be making any negotiations. I'll take my guild and leave." He says standing up.

"No, let them enjoy for a while. Its only fair since you dragged them all here." I say with a slight smirk.

"Watch it Titania." He says using the nickname people have given me.

Its weird having the same nickname as Erza, but when I started hearing people refer to me as Titania the first thing I thought was how proud I felt. When I was in Fiore I was a scared little girl who would always get her friends into danger, but here. I'm a Guild Master and I feel more alive than I did there, and that thought terrified me. 

"Commander?" I ask.

"Yes, whats wrong?" He asks turning to face me again.

"What happens next?" 

"What do you mean next?" He sits down in his chair and looks at me intently.

"When we leave this world, what will we do. What will I do?" I say placing my head in my hands.

"We'll move on, this world may be deadly and could kill us all. But its making us stronger people, I hope you don't mind me asking. What was your real life like?" He asks folding his arms.

"I don't mind, it helps me to remember. I was a member of the Fairy Tail guild IRL, they were my family. I'm also a Wizard from the land of Fiore, I've battled so many different enemies that if this world was the same as the real world health wise, I'd be long dead. I'm a Celestial Spirit Wizard and I'm contracted to ten out of the twelve Zodiac Keys, I was also trapped on an Island for seven years and didn't age a single day." I say and then laugh slightly.

"What? Whats so funny?" He asks me smiling.

"Just remembering all the good times, its strange. I wonder what they've been doing since I came into this game, I almost wish I could see them just for one minute. Even if it was the last thing I'd do, I would want to see my friends." I say and look at my guild mark.

"I see, well I'm going to have a drink. Care to join me." He asks smiling.

I follow him to the stairs from the second floor to the first and everyone is dancing and drinking, Heathcliff looks a little shocked but once two shots get into his system he's a different man, guess alcohol has the same effect here as the real world.